Evidence record
Contains identification information for more than 2,000 file formats.
- Best fit
- A1 · P03 · P10
- Rights / reuse
- Crown copyright; link rather than bulk republish
- Access
- explore
- Freshness
- continuously updated
Authority + data · database
PRONOM Technical Registry
The National Archives, United KingdomAudience + discovery brief
How this earns attention
Audience
Independent workers, researchers, policymakers and creator-economy strategists, especially readers working through file formats and dependencies
Reader intent
What does reliable public evidence actually show about independent and creative work? Use PRONOM Technical Registry to answer it without losing the source's limits.
Keyword cluster
fileformatsdependenciespreservationformatregistrydatabasepronomtechnical
Recommended format
Data-led explainer with one chart, one caveat and a source walkthrough
Channel treatment
LinkedIn text/chart post plus evidence card inside the related edition
I/1 topic and audience mapping plus a current market-language/search-intent scan; no keyword-volume claim.Story, education + interest framework
Turn the resource into a useful story
Open with the tension inside this evidence: Contains identification information for more than 2,000 file formats.
Let the reader inspect PRONOM Technical Registry; translate what it shows, who produced it and what it cannot prove.
End with one action for A1, P03, P10: save, compare, question or apply the source.
Educational payoff
By the end, the reader should understand how PRONOM Technical Registry can inform a decision—and where its database evidence stops. It keeps the claim connected to inspectable data and methodology.
Interest device
Open with a concrete creator dilemma, reveal the source, then invite the reader to test the idea against their own work. The reveal is PRONOM Technical Registry, not a generic stock illustration.
Editable companion field note
Contains identification information for more than 2,000 file formats.
Contains identification information for more than 2,000 file formats.
The National Archives, United Kingdom provides PRONOM Technical Registry, a database concerning file formats, dependencies, preservation. Contains identification information for more than 2,000 file formats.
Use it with A1, P03, P10; preserve the source date, definitions, and limits rather than turning it into a broader claim.
Access: explore. Rights boundary: Crown copyright; link rather than bulk republish
It keeps the claim connected to inspectable data and methodology.
Open PRONOM Technical Registry at the original The National Archives, United Kingdom source.
Open PRONOM Technical Registry at the original The National Archives, United Kingdom source. ↗